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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian politician (1937–1982)}}<br />
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| birth_name = Balyambra Pottattu Moideen<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1937|11|25}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Mukkam]], [[Malabar district|Malabar]], [[Madras Presidency|Madras State]], [[British Raj]] (currently Mukkam, [[Kozhikode district|Kozhikode]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]<br />
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'''Balyambra Pottattu Moideen''' (25 November 1937 – 15 July 1982) was an Indian politician, film producer, and publisher from [[Kerala]]. He was [[Praja Socialist Party]]'s youth wing president for Kerala, and was elected member of [[Mukkam]] [[Panchayati raj|Panchayat]] in 1979. Moideen published ''Sports Herald'', a Malayalam sports magazine. His debut production was a [[Malayalam]] film ''Nizhale Nee Sakshi'' in 1977, which also debuted [[Seema (actress)|Seema]] as a lead actress, and focused on the 1976 death of college student [[Rajan case|P. Rajan]] following torture in police custody. However, the film was never released. Moideen later produced the films ''[[Abhinayam]]'' (1981) starring [[Jayan]], and ''India Nee Sundari''.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/life-style/kanchanamala-a-talisman-for-true-love-in-kerala/lite/ | title=Kanchanamala: A talisman for true love in Kerala | date=25 October 2015 | newspaper=The Indian Express | first=Charmy | last=Harikrishnan | accessdate=18 September 2019 |url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/widow-bachelor-eternal-story-kanchana-and-moideen-34625|title=The widow of a bachelor: The eternal story of Kanchana and Moideen|date=25 September 2015|website=The News Minute}}</ref><br />
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He was awarded the national civilian gallantry honour [[Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak|Jeevan Raksha Padak, Class I]] posthumously by the [[President of India]] in 1983, for saving lives in a ferry boat accident in [[Iruvanjippuzha|Iruvanji River]] in [[Kozhikode]] in 1982, in which he drowned himself.<br />
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==In popular culture==<br />
B. P. Moideen's romance with Kanchanamala was the subject of the 2015 [[Malayalam]] biographical film ''[[Ennu Ninte Moideen]]'', in which [[Prithviraj Sukumaran]] portrayed Moideen.<br />
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==Memorial==<br />
''B. P. Moideen Sevamandir'', the charity foundation named after Moideen, is led by Moideen's spouse Kanchanamala.<ref>[http://www.mathrubhumi.com/tv/ReadMore/20071/bp-moideen/E "Stone laying for BP Moideen Seva Mandir building on Nov 15"]</ref><br />
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